With headlines screaming about artificial intelligence (AI) possibly destroying mankind, Jill Lepore’s latest work, “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,” could not be more timely. It is a

You should only read Mark Braude’s new nonfiction, “The Typewriter and the Guillotine,” if you are interested in the following: the rise of fascism and Hitler in the 1930s, the

Daniel Mason’s latest fiction, “Country People,” is a relocation novel. Miles Krzelewski, a perpetual Ph. D. candidate, and his wife, Kate Petrosian, a full-fledged college professor, travel from an u...

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead is a brilliantly gifted scene setter. His vivid, heartfelt descriptions of Harlem and its residents from 1959 through 1986 in the Ray Carney trilogy

Sportswriter Alan Shipnuck offers two important revelations in the foreword of his new biography about Rory McIlroy, “Rory.” The author describes an incident at the 2025 U.S. Open. He was

Daphne Fuller, the main protagonist in Ann Patchett’s newest novel, “Whistler,” is 53 years old. When you are that age and have had a biological father and two stepfathers, family

Is it irony, or a self-imposed censorship, that “The Things We Never Say” author Elizabeth Strout never says Donald Trump’s name even as her novel evolves into a dire portrait

Could a dystopian future be less than a decade away for America? Gary Shteyngart’s brilliant, humorous, yet worrisome novel, “Vera, or Faith,” published in 2025, portends just such a fate.

Author James Patterson is a publishing colossus. Despite mixed critical opinions of his literary skills, he has had an undeniable influence on the book industry for more than two decades.

Marjan Kamali’s historical fiction, “The Lion Women of Tehran,” chronicles, through invented characters, the ongoing seven decades of political turmoil in Iran. Covering the years from 1953 through 20...

Depending on various readers’ perspectives, “Heartwood,” a new novel by Amity Gaige, will either reduce or increase future foot traffic on the Appalachian Trail (AT).

Upcoming Post My Sporting Life, This article inspired iconic Globe sports writer, Bob Ryan, to base his own February 22nd Globe column on our shared sporting life experiences.

Go to the light! No, not that light. The strange blue one rising out of the sea off the island of Ibiza.

Many college students were introduced to the epistolary novel technique in English Literature 102 when forced to endure Samuel Richardson’s “Clarissa” which was published in 1748. Considered one of th...

Well, it’s Christmas. Book stores have end caps piled high with holiday-themed stories.

Readers of Megha Majumdar’s newest novel, “A Guardian and A Thief,” will have to decide, early on, if the absolute pleasure of reading her vibrant prose assuages the relentlessly depressing

Patrick Ryan’s new novel, “Buckeye,” is a story of people who are off-kilter. From Cal Jenkins, born in 1920, with one leg 2 inches shorter than the other to Felix

“Did anyone die today?” This was a question Benoît Gallot, author of “The Secret Life of a Cemetery – The Wild Nature And Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise” heard his father

Singer, songwriter John Prine passed away on April 7, 2020, at the age of 73. He was one of the first celebrities taken from us by COVID-19.

Bombs away!

Lament. In “The Winds From Further West,” wildly successful author Alexander McCall Smith shifts from the African locale of his best-selling “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” series to his

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City contains a multitude of masterpieces.

The title of Martha Hall Kelly’s newest novel, “The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club,” reads like the spawn of a publishing company’s public relations department. How many “buzz” words

“If you aim for Gladness and miss, you’ll find us. For we are called East Gladness. Gladness itself being no more, renamed to Millsap nearly a century ago after Terry

War is hell, but one’s social status often dictates which different level of hell you will experience. Maggie Stiefvater’s newest novel, “The Listeners,” presents a poignant portrayal of how life

In 1979 the R & B group Sister Sledge released the hit song “We are Family.” I doubt they would recognize the Hill family portrayed by Kevin Wilson in his

No pope was born a pope. This seems an obvious statement, however, all the position’s regimented pomp and sartorial splendor evokes a singular image.

For any writer, even a book reviewer, the empty page or monitor screen looms as a challenge. As the comedian Steven Wright has said, “I’m working on my new book.

It should come as no surprise that a book bearing the title “I See You Called In Dead,” with the main character and narrator being an obituary writer, authored by

A great deal can happen in three days. Or not. Or sometimes in between.

Elizabeth Strout’s newest best-selling novel, “Tell Me Everything,” could accurately be subtitled, “Lucy Barton and Bob Burgess Take Many, Many, Many, Many Walks Together In The Woods of Crosby, Maine...

“There’s Always This Year” by Hanif Abdurraqib is a powerful memoir, not about Abdurraqib, but about a city, Columbus, Ohio. More specifically, about a singular block in a poor section

To believe or not to believe? That is the question posed by Jodi Picoult’s newest novel, “By Any Other Name.” Picoult attempts to turn Shakespeare upside down in this ambitious

The three weeks between Advent and Christmas always brings a welcome burst of energy to the small, sleepy town of Faha located on the west coast of Ireland.

“Redeemer – The Life of Jimmy Carter,” by Randall Balmer, was first published in 2014. Now, 10 years later, a revised and expanded version has been released. Balmer is a